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Chrome DevTools vs Percy: What are the differences?

Chrome DevTools: A set of web developer tools. It is a set of web developer tools built directly into the Google Chrome browser. It can help you edit pages on-the-fly and diagnose problems quickly, which ultimately helps you build better websites, faster; Percy: Add visual reviews to your GitHub pull requests, helping your team spot UI bugs quickly and review visual changes easily. Percy highlights the visual changes in your UI that are introduced by each pull request. It saves your team time and stress reducing your manual QA.

Chrome DevTools and Percy can be categorized as "In-Browser Testing" tools.

According to the StackShare community, Percy has a broader approval, being mentioned in 9 company stacks & 5 developers stacks; compared to Chrome DevTools, which is listed in 3 company stacks and 3 developer stacks.

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Pros of Chrome DevTools
Pros of Percy
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      5K free snapshots per month
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      Test against multiple browsers, viewports, and devices
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      Visual AI is 99.9999% accurate
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      Mobile browsers
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      Build Sequencing
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      Individual Snapshot History
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      Real Mobile Devices
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      Fast cross-browser test execution
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      Collaborative Visual Reviews
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      Responsive Visual Testing
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      1 year build history
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      Automatic Browser Upgrades
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      Cross-browser support
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      Unlimited users
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      Advanced Comparison Sensitivity

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    Cons of Chrome DevTools
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        Crazy expensive unless you use it a LOT

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      What is Chrome DevTools?

      It is a set of web developer tools built directly into the Google Chrome browser. It can help you edit pages on-the-fly and diagnose problems quickly, which ultimately helps you build better websites, faster

      What is Percy?

      Catch visual bugs in static & dynamic UI components with Percy. Ensure your website’s UI reliability in dynamic environments. Detect and resolve bugs at speed for each component across browsers and viewports.

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      What are some alternatives to Chrome DevTools and Percy?
      Firefox
      A free and open source web browser developed by The Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, Mozilla Corporation. Firefox is available for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, and more.
      Ghost Inspector
      It lets you create and manage UI tests that check specific functionality in your website or application. We execute these automated browser tests continuously from the cloud and alert you if anything breaks.
      Applitools
      Applitools delivers the next generation of test automation powered by AI assisted computer vision technology known as Visual AI. Visual AI helps Developers, Test Automation Engineers and QA professionals release high-quality web and mobile
      Responsively
      It is a modified browser built using Electron that helps in responsive web development. Preview all target screens in a single window side-by-side. Brings down your development time. Use your already-familiar dev-tools from the browser. No additional learning curve.
      Requestly
      Requestly is a lightweight proxy available as a browser extension & desktop app to intercept & modify network requests. Using Requestly you can Modify Headers, Redirect URL, Mock API response, Delay/Throttle requests, etc.
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